giving up artificial sweeteners, tips
dbhDeb
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any good tips? Other than just bite the bullet and do it.
Thanks! I use in my morning coffee
Thanks! I use in my morning coffee
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Why are you giving them up?10
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I use Stevia instead of the others. As of yet, it seems to be the safest and it doesn't have the terrible aftertaste of aspartame.15
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I like Splenda better than Stevia. Stevia tastes vile to me!14
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I use small amounts of sugar. I started with larger amounts and worked my way downward over time. The less sugar you eat, the less you need for things to taste sweet.
I like Sugar in the Raw in packets.7 -
I use small amounts of sugar. I started with larger amounts and worked my way downward over time. The less sugar you eat, the less you need for things to taste sweet.
I like Sugar in the Raw in packets.
I’d second this approach. I no longer have any sugar in coffee and if I try my friends drinks they now taste unbearably sweet even with just one teaspoon. I can’t believe I used to have four..6 -
I have problems glucose impairment and it is recommended to not use or keep to minimumTiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »Why are you giving them up?
I have problems glucose impairment and it is recommended to not use or keep to minimum.2 -
Alimacbean wrote: »I use Stevia instead of the others. As of yet, it seems to be the safest and it doesn't have the terrible aftertaste of aspartame.
I have tried every form of stevia and I just don't care for it3 -
Glucose impairment?15
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Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »I like Splenda better than Stevia. Stevia tastes vile to me!
Same here. Monkfruit tastes nasty to me too.1 -
I put 2 sugar in the raw packets in my coffee. When I'm really cutting hard I use steamed skim milk and pretend it tastes really sweet. It does taste sweeter when it's steamed though.
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I quit soda using cold green tea with lemon and honey, honey is a great sub for your coffee9
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I quit products with artificial sweeteners years ago. Now they taste nasty making avoiding them not hard at all. So I guess my advice would be just go cold turkey. I mostly drink my coffee black, but when I decide I want to soften it up a bit, I found that lactose-free milk is good - it tastes much sweeter than regular milk because they add the enzyme that lactose-intolerant people don't produce, but there is no increase in the carb content of the milk.5
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Do you also have to avoid sugar because of your glucose impairment?
If so, drink the coffee or tea black.10 -
i put warm skim milk, a little vanilla and cinnamon.4
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Honestly I think tapering down is the easiest way, that's how I got myself down to drinking my coffee with no sweetener and a little milk.
I have no idea what glucose impairment is, and what that has to do with artificial sweeteners. I get my RDA of artificial sweetener in my daily Coke Zero , but I could never stand any artificial sweeteners in coffee and didn't want to waste calories on adding sugar so I just dialed it back little by little.6 -
Glucose impairment sounds another way of wording impaired glucose tolerance to me, ie pre diabetic or borderline diabetic - these patients are at risk of developing type 2 diabestes so are advised to lose weight and reduce sugar intake to delay or prevent this happening.
No need to avoid artificial sweeteners though, any more than diabetics need to.10 -
Xylitol is a good option. I can’t stand stevia but xylitol in my coffee is a 1:1 exchange and does not give me a nasty after taste.2
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If you are eating at the same time as drinking then you won't notice if you leave out the sweetener.1
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I use this:
MonkSweet Plus - 5 lb bag - Monk Fruit, Stevia & Erythritol Blend NonGMO Low Carb Sweetener https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01B8CDFM8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_T4ONAb6NMRSGT
It’s a blend and I’m not Erythritol-sensitive.
(Some people can not tolerate any ‘alcohols’)
Some people notice a mild mint/cool taste to excessive amounts.
I only notice if I literally lick it off my fingers.
Then it’s vile and strange, like any alternative sweetener.
(But I feel the same way about many things I like as ingredients but wouldn’t dine on solo. )3 -
I didn't like the taste of artificial sugar in my coffee so I used real sugar with some half n' half. Then I slowly stopped putting sugar in my coffee. It took me a few months but now I'm only using a splash of half n' half. Hope to eventually get to where I can drink it black. I did that method with sweet tea and now I can't handle sweet tea. Wishing you luck!2
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